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Jeff Maziarek, author of Spirituality Simplified and Codi's Journey, available in both print and eBook formats, launched Pondercentral.com in May 2007 as a web-based forum for "PONDER on THIS," a series of weekday inspirational email messages he began sending to subscribers in March 1999.
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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Friday, August 11th, 2023 by Stuart Wilde in THE QUICKENING
“When you look at the philosophies which have been adopted by the masses, you can see that they are deliberately designed to keep the people asleep. The philosophies serve as “glue” to hold the tribes together in a psychic bonding. … Continue reading
BEST of PONDER on THIS for Friday, June 16th, 2023 by Nan Yielding in THINGS I NEVER LEARNED IN SUNDAY SCHOOL
“From a strictly historical viewpoint, unless ancient texts come to light, we will never know exactly who Jesus was. But as scholars have researched and gathered information about him over the years, it becomes more and more evident his primary … Continue reading
BEST of PONDER on THIS for Wednesday, May 3rd, 2023 by Jeff Maziarek in SPIRITUALITY SIMPLIFIED
“In all instances, what religious ideology claims as truth has been handed down over generations from one person to another, with each new storyteller or writer likely adding their own bit of journalistic license to the mix. In the end, … Continue reading
BEST of PONDER on THIS for Friday, March 3rd, 2023 by Eckhart Tolle in A NEW EARTH
“What is the role of the established religions in the arising of the new consciousness? Many people are already aware of the difference between spirituality and religion. They realize that having a belief system – a set of thoughts that … Continue reading
BEST of PONDER on THIS for Thursday, January 12th, 2023 by Nan Yielding in THINGS I NEVER LEARNED IN SUNDAY SCHOOL
“For over two thousand years, Christians have seen Jesus through the eyes of the gospel writers, believing they were disciples of Jesus and eyewitnesses to the events they described. Many may be surprised, as I was, to learn this is … Continue reading
BEST of PONDER on THIS for Wednesday, December 14th, 2022 by Jeff Maziarek in SPIRITUALITY SIMPLIFIED
“The truth about labels is that they really say nothing about the essence of the person to whom we apply them…What is particularly paradoxical is that of all the labels we humans apply, it is perhaps the “religion” label that … Continue reading
BEST of PONDER on THIS for Thursday, February 3rd, 2022 by Neale Donald Walsch in CONVERSATIONS WITH GOD BOOK 1
“Some of your religions have built up whole theologies around the misconception that God would – or could – create anything imperfect. And that is what it is, literally: a misconception. For anything I conceive – all that to which … Continue reading
BEST of PONDER on THIS for Thursday, December 2nd, 2021 by Neale Donald Walsch in CONVERSATIONS WITH GOD BOOK 1
“All people are special, and all moments are golden. There is no person and there is no time one more special than the other. Many people choose to believe that God communicates in special ways and only with special people. … Continue reading
BEST of PONDER on THIS for Monday, October 4th, 2021 by Terry Cole-Whittaker in LIVE YOUR BLISS
“The idea that God is angry and must be pacified by means of blood sacrifice and violence against others came from the teachings of Zoroaster, an ancient prophet and religious poet from Babylon. His teachings about an angry, vengeful, and … Continue reading
BEST of PONDER on THIS for Monday, March 23rd, 2020 by John Randolph Price in LIVING A LIFE OF JOY
“Why can’t we accept the fact that positive living is the natural way of life? For one thing, orthodox religion has told us something different, which means that we may have to do some deprogramming on ourselves. We have to … Continue reading
BEST of PONDER on THIS for Monday, December 23rd, 2019 by Pete Koerner in THE BELIEF FORMULA
“When most people think of the word trinity, they think of religious descriptions of “the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.” Sadly, it is through translations, misunderstanding, misrepresentation, and perhaps fraud and deception on a monumental scale, that most … Continue reading
BEST of PONDER on THIS for Monday, October 28th, 2019 by Pete Koerner in THE BELIEF FORMULA
“Most group beliefs are based on various interpretations of the Bible, where Christian churches are concerned (each religion has their own foundational documents), and the Bible has some catch-all’s in it that put all such new rules to a test … Continue reading
BEST of PONDER on THIS for Monday, September 2nd, 2019 by Pete Koerner in THE BELIEF FORMULA
“When I compare religion with spiritualism, it is only to illustrate the difference in the perspectives each mask offers. None of this is to say that religious people are not spiritual, or that you have to either choose to be … Continue reading
BEST of PONDER on THIS for Tuesday, June 25th, 2019 by Stuart Wilde in INFINITE SELF
“In the olden days, the idea was that individuals were too weak and sinful to have a meaningful dialogue with God. So, systems were developed whereby people had to use a third party to communicate with God. Once you had … Continue reading